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Finally, here it is. Almost on time (being just two years late ispeanuts in the OS industry), and better than ever:

Linux kernel release 1.0

This release has no new major features compared to the pl15 kernels, butcontains lots and lots of bugfixes: all the major ones are gone, thesmaller ones are hidden better. Hopefully there are no major new ones.

The Linux kernel can be found as source on most of the Linux ftp-sitesunder the names

linux-1.0.tar.gz(full source)linux-1.0.patch.pl15.gz(patch against linux-0.99pl15)linux-1.0.patch.alpha.gz(patch from linux-pre-1.0)

This release finally moves Linux out of Beta status and is meant as abase for distributions to build on. It will neither change Linux'status as FreeWare under the GPL, nor will it mean the end ofdevelopment on Linux. In fact many new features where held back forlater releases so that 1.0 could become a well tested and hopefullystable release.

The Linux kernel wouldn't be where it is today without the help of lotsof people: the kernel developers, the people who did user-level programsmaking linux useful, and the brave and foolhardy people who risked theirharddisks and sanity to test it all out. My thanks to you all. (Editorial note: if you think this sounds too much like the AcademyAwards ceremony, just skip this: it's not getting any better.)

Thanks to people like Aaron Kushner, Danny ter Haar and the authors ofthe AnwenderHandbuch (and others) who have helped me with hardware ormonetary donations (and to the Oxford Beer Trolls and others who tookcare of the drinkware). And thanks to Dirk, who helped me write thisannouncement despite my lazyness ("hey, it's just another release, whoneeds an announcement anyway?").

To make a long and boring story a bit shorter and boring, here is atleast a partial list of people who have been helping make Linux what itis today. Thanks to you all,